US 12,000,211 B2
Step ladder with adjustable tray
Travis Mittanck, Springville, UT (US); B. Scott Maxfield, Mapleton, UT (US); N. Ryan Moss, Mapleton, UT (US); and Steven S. Miner, Springville, UT (US)
Assigned to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS, LLC, Springville, UT (US)
Filed by WING ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, Springville, UT (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/891,937.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,149, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0386050 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. E06C 1/393 (2006.01); E06C 1/383 (2006.01)
CPC E06C 1/393 (2013.01) [E06C 1/383 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ladder comprising:
a first pair of spaced apart rails;
at least one rung extending between and coupled with the first pair of spaced apart rails;
a top cap directly coupled with the first pair of spaced apart rails;
a second pair of spaced apart rails;
a pair of hinges coupling the first pair of spaced apart rails with the second pair of spaced apart rails;
a tray hingedly directly coupled with the top cap by at least one tray hinge, the tray being selectively lockable relative to the top cap in a first deployed position and a stored position, wherein:
when the tray is in the stored position, the tray extends downward from the at least one tray hinge toward the pair of hinges, and
when the tray is locked in the first deployed position, the tray extends generally upward from the at least one tray hinge and generally parallel with a plane defined by a front face of the first pair of spaced apart rails.